ESPN's John Hollinger has published his player profiles for the Celtics. Considering most analysts have pegged the Celtics as a faux threat to contend this year, I was surprised by Hollinger's optimistic take on the Celtics Big 4. Most notable was his analysis of Kevin Garnett: Garnett looked to be his old self after struggling [...]

NBA 2K12's new player ratings are flying around the internet today because they were leaked in a YouTube video. As you can see, most of the ratings are visible, though Rajon Rondo's are obscured by the highlight bar. I assume it's somewhere in the 80's, helped by his speed, ballhandling and passing but hurt by [...]

Things must not be THAT bad around here. With the way the season ended, you'd think we'd have some hotter topics. Because I think lost in a lot of this talk about Shaquille O'Neal returning is the fact that the Celtics don't really need him to beat the New York Knicks. The Knicks are not [...]

After each game, we'll be taking stock in each players… and maybe coach's… performance. If we like what we see, we're buyin'. If we don't, we're sellin'. Or maybe we'll just hold onto our stock until we see more next game Doc Rivers: I am buying the move to rest guys. I know the arguments [...]

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. "I've got to figure it out. And then I've got to get them to stay with it," Rivers said. "We play for [...]

Via WEEI.com: Celtics coach Doc Rivers is holding out hope that he may get Shaquille O'Neal back by the end of the week after the big man strained his right calf on Sunday night in his first game back since early February. "He may play at the end of the week," said Rivers following Monday's [...]

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump O'Neal was the first Celtic introduced to the TD Garden crowd in the starting lineup announcements and was greeted by [...]

After each game, we'll be taking stock in each players… and maybe coach's… performance. If we like what we see, we're buyin'. If we don't, we're sellin'. Or maybe we'll just hold onto our stock until we see more next game Paul Pierce: Once again Paul Pierce embodies the advanced metrics "efficiency" buzzword. 22 points [...]

Doc hit WEEI this morning for his usual Thursday appearance. He had nothing groundbreaking after last night. He did say that Jermaine O'Neal will rejoin the team on the road in Indiana on Monday. That doesn't necessarily mean he'll play Monday, but we'll actually see Jermaine on the bench, with the team. Yesterday we heard [...]